The Long Way is Bernard Moitessiers own incredible story of his participation in the first Golden Globe Race, a solo, non-stop circumnavigation rounding the three great Capes of Good Hope, Leeuwin, and the Horn.
From the Northern Lights to whirling coastal birds, and sunken villages to the annual deer rut, the UK is home to some of the world's finest natural spectacles.
Nicknamed 'Mountain Man' by the Sunday Telegraph, James Forrest is the record-breaking adventurer who climbed every mountain in England and Wales in just six months the fastest ever time.
La apasionante narración del histórico recorrido de un hombre a lo largo de todo el Amazonas—y a través del medio ambiente de mayor diversidad biológica del planeta.
Nothing against the Bright Angel Trail, the Narrows, the Presidential Traverse, or Half Dome, which are all certainly worth of their popularity, but hikers don't need another resource pointing them toward those conga lines.
From getting back to nature with a tent, some matches and a few litres of bottled water, to enjoying a pub dinner and camping out in the garden afterwards, this book shows how to get stuck into wild camping in all its forms.
Remarkable Treks is a compendium of exhilarating long-distance walks from around the planet - some lasting weeks, some lasting just a few days, but all of them set against spectacular backdrops.
Philip Caputos passion for travel and adventure was inspired by the works of Joseph Conrad, Jack London, and Herman Melville, and through the years this passion led to a rugged writers life, filled with hair-raising experiences in the jungles of Vietnam, the rubble of Beirut, and the savannas of Africa.
The Columbianna, an ancient tramp steamer with a notably eccentric crew, 200 layers of paint on her decks, a sailing history going back to 1945, and demons in her plumbing, was crossing the Atlantic for the umpteenth timebut on this occasion with a sharp-eyed observer, whose brilliant account brings to life the harshness, humor, and bizarreness of life on board.
Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Trekking in the Nepal Himalaya is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you.
Anders reisen und dabei das Besondere entdeckenMit den aktuellen Tipps aus den Michael-Müller-Reiseführern gestalten Sie Ihre Reise individuell, nachhaltig und sicher.
The Colorado Plateau is America's western treasure, home to the country's highest concentration of national parks, monuments, wilderness areas, and state parks, and a near-endless bounty of wild, stunning landscape.
Richard Francis Burton war ein brillanter Denker, Gelehrter, Abenteurer und Forscher und ist eine der interessantesten und schillerndsten Persönlichkeiten des 19.
A practical guide to involving babies and children in all sorts of adventures, whether it be cycling, camping, paddling, hiking, swimming or outdoor holidays.
Auf 30 Wanderungen erleben die Leser die wunderschöne Gegend zwischen Ostbelgien, Aachen, Maastricht und dem Maastal bis zur weißen Stadt Thorn an der Maas.
When eleven climbers died on K2 on August 1, 2008, it was a stark reminder that the world's second-highest mountain has, for more than a century, been regarded as the most difficult and dangerous of all-for every four people who reach the top, one dies in the attempt.
